Remember when L Bob Rife (of Neal Stephenson's excellent 'Snow Crash') is pontificating on his rise to power, and his contempt for government? A reporter is asking him about how the government broke up AT&T once upon a time, and Rife says something like 'It's like they figured out how to legislate the horse just as Henry Ford was cranking out Model Ts'.
The RIAA is just now putting the screws to Napster, just as Aimster and a dozen other programs are taking off. You can't kill an idea.
Obviously, Microsoft's definition of 'Fully Restored ' differs from mine. They say at the beginning of the update that "While the system has been fully restored, some users may experience delays for log-ins and authentications." In the very next paragraph, we see just how 'fully restored' it is:
However, there is a very small percentage of people who have lost their contact list due to unforeseen circumstances in the data restoration process.
I'm sure the people who lost their contacts will be comforted that they are part of a small percentage of Messenger users. How can a company that loses customer data and passes it off as an 'unforeseen circumstance in the data restoration process' expect to be trusted with handling people's personal information, credit card info, etc.?
Halfway down the first page, the BSA's Director of Enforcement, Jenny Blank, says of schoolkids:
"The message we need to get to them is that intellectual property deserves to be respected."
Well, Jenny, how about we worry about getting some other messages through first. Start with:
"2+2=4"
"C-A-T spells cat".
"Protons have a positive charge, electrons have a negative one".
Maybe after those lessons are learned, and these kids are doing something with their lives other than flipping burgers, maybe then they'll be mentally equipped to start worrying about problems like intellectual property.
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The RIAA is just now putting the screws to Napster, just as Aimster and a dozen other programs are taking off. You can't kill an idea.
However, there is a very small percentage of people who have lost their contact list due to unforeseen circumstances in the data restoration process.
I'm sure the people who lost their contacts will be comforted that they are part of a small percentage of Messenger users. How can a company that loses customer data and passes it off as an 'unforeseen circumstance in the data restoration process' expect to be trusted with handling people's personal information, credit card info, etc.?
"The message we need to get to them is that intellectual property deserves to be respected."
Well, Jenny, how about we worry about getting some other messages through first. Start with:
"2+2=4"
"C-A-T spells cat".
"Protons have a positive charge, electrons have a negative one".
Maybe after those lessons are learned, and these kids are doing something with their lives other than flipping burgers, maybe then they'll be mentally equipped to start worrying about problems like intellectual property.
If the chicken fingers were anything like what they served in my elementary school, they could be considered weapons.